ok, gotcha I didn't realize you actually listened to it. Not sure what is worse, reading his presser or listening to him actually speak during the presser.
I'm not defending Miles here because it is his well paid responsibility to manage the clock, but I'd like to see you rattle off those options with the clock running down, less than 30 seconds to play and 92,000 haters screaming at you.
It would be so much better if Les took on the identity of that big rooster from the saturday morning cartoons. You know the one.
Supposedly, Alleva overruled firing him last year due to the buyout and PR issues with LSU going through so many budget cuts...and he was pissed that CLM had just lobbied for a raise for GC...which, IIRC, made the buyout that much more.
He's not going anywhere in 2011. We'll win 7-9 games and they will be content to hang on to him as long as the ticket sales remain (which the fallout obviously won't be felt until we start having 6-6 and 5-7 campaigns). Given that 4 or 5 games each year can be won even with Les Miles running the show and 2 or 3 more won on talent alone, it will be virtually impossible to have a losing record or anything close to it.
This is true. They knew that it was first down and that they were going to run a running play. There is no option but to clock it immediately after. You have 2 downs remaining and ~20 sec.
You're correct SabanFan. But that's 2 of the scenarios you practice, practice, practice: 2-minute drill and Goal-line situations. We should have been better prepared.
Wow, running a play that forces us to waste a down clocking it. That's just not what we should be paying this man nearly $4 million to decide at crunch time. It's unacceptable at so many levels.
Gary Crowton called a play which required a package sub. His fault, not Miles. Miles is saying he should have overruled that and made a clock call.
